UNICEF's lessons learned from the education response to the COVID-19 crisis and reflections on the implications for education policy.

Int J Educ Dev

Regional Education Advisor in UNICEF East Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok, Thailand.

Published: September 2021

COVID-19 triggered mass innovation that grew flexible learning modalities and pathways that can be built upon in future sector plans to make education systems more resilient. These tools must be paired with investments in the people expected to use them and strengthened data systems. To ensure plans are rooted in ever-pressurised budgets, Education Ministers will increasingly need to turn to economic analysis. Expansion of partnerships will be necessary to secure greater and more innovative forms of finance but also affordable digital learning solutions. If these opportunities are seized alongside the disruption wrought by the pandemic, they can equalize opportunities and accelerate progress.

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